May 9, 2008 YOU WIN! Yesterday the government listened to Canadians like you and confirmed its historic decision to block the Canadarm and RADARSAT-2 sell-off. Watch Rideau Institute’s Anthony Salloum on CTV Canada AM, May 9, 2008 (more…)
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Hear the one about the "lefties" who found secrets military plans in the garbage one day?
Here is a little long weekend reading for you… No doubt you have heard about my colleague Anthony Salloum’s discovery of plans for a secret military installation – that he found in the garbage on Bank Street. “What are the odds of that happening” – you might ask? More than a few people have expressed […]
Please Help Stop the Sell-off of the CANADARM and RADARSAT-2 to a U.S. Space Weapons Corporation
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73MFBIwt87s] UPDATE: Last week the government listened to Canadians like you and took the first step to block the Canadarm and Radarsat-2 sell-off. That’s why I need your help – to keep ATK out of Canada, and to keep control of our world class space program.Should Canada’s environmental satellite be used for space weapons? Make your […]
Stop the sale of CANADARM and RADARSAT-2
March 7, 2008 Dear Ceasefire.ca Supporter, You might have heard or read this week that the iconic Canadian-built Canadarm and RADARSAT-2 satellite may be sold off to the American arms builder Alliant Techsystems. On Wednesday I appeared before the Commons Committee on Industry and warned the MPs that this would be a disaster for Canadian […]
Don’t resume the transfer of Afghan prisoners
Dear Ceasefire.ca Supporter, I have just returned to my office from the CTV televisions studios, where I urged the government not to restart the transfer of prisoners to local Afghan prisons. My appeal was motivated by an extreme sense of urgency. You may have read in the newspapers last week the story of a 50-year-old […]
The National Debate on Afghanistan
Dear Ceasefire.ca supporter I wanted to let you know that tonight I will be a guest on CBC TV’s The National, speaking on what Canada should be doing in Afghanistan. On Monday I recorded a 3-minute monologue for the CBC at the National War Museum which will air tonight. In my segment, I advocated strongly […]